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Back from the Book Fair where I finally met

monanotlisa in person. She's as much fun live as on lj. And I'm not just saying that 'cause she offered to help with the archive :o)

Did some business talk as well, though I kept the talking part to a minimum. My voice held up okay, but one day was definitely enough. I practically lived off cough drops. That, and I had an excellent Thai salmon curry on my way to the station. Yum.

Mona, I got the pics. Thanks!

Cyn, uh, I totally forgot to take any pictures after we took those. Not there's that much to photograph... mainly books, lots of books, and a lot of people looking busy. And, inexplicably, hords of schoolkids.

So, I have no more pictures of the fair. But instead, to make up for the lack of book fair pics, here're a few I took in our front yard the other day. We had the most beautiful fall in years, and I'm glad that I took these before the weather changed.

The first pumpking I grew myself :)

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I'm so proud of my little pumpkin. My roomie is the one with the green thumb... me, I can barely keep track of when to water my plants. So I mostly have plants that don't need much attention.

A toadstool, is that what those mushrooms are called? And yes, the leaves, the bricks... the sun was just setting and everything was bathed in this red light. Lucky coincidence. Unfortunately it's a bit blurry because there was so little daylight left.